If you love beautiful flowers in the spring and summer, autumn is the time to prepare those flower beds for the upcoming winter. There are several things that you can do to help protect the plants through the cold winter months and keep the soil healthy. The more care you show your flower beds in the fall means less work for you in the spring.

Steps for preparing your flower beds for winter:

• Remove any weeds from the beds along with dead flowers and any other debris they may have collected.
• Trim up and shape the plants to make them fuller and thicker when they begin growing again in the spring.
• Continue to water the soil until the weather becomes cold enough to make it freeze. It’s recommended that you provide the soil with a deep soaking about an inch deep at least once a week.
• Put down a bedding mat and then apply mulch about two inches thick to help insulate the soil and prevent weeds from taking over.
• Young plants are tender and fragile so they can be damaged very easily. Therefore, it’s recommended that you wrap the trunk of these plants to protect them from the cold
• Autumn is an excellent time to apply fertilizer to the soil to replenish the nutrients and keep it healthy.

The steps above will help you prepare your flower beds for the winter so you can enjoy beautiful healthy flowers in the spring. It may take a little time and effort to prepare the plants and soil for the upcoming winter but it’s time well spent. The more effort you put into keeping them protected and healthy now, will reduce the amount of work that you’ll need to do come spring because they’ll already have a head start.

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